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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "rita moyo" <ritamoyo_12@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 13:37:03 +0200
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE

FROM: Rita Moyo,
ADDRESS: 121 NELSON MANDELA AVENUE,
SANDTON, and JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.

NOTE: REPLY ME ONLY ON THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: moyorita_3@hotmail.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

How are you? I know you may be surprised to receive this letter, please
consider this letter as a request from a widower. Firstly, I am RITA MOYO
the wife of Late MR.K.MOYO who was recently murdered in the land dispute in
Zimbabwe. I got your contact through the South African Trade and Business
Information services and I assure you that nobody knows about this
transaction except me, my two sons. Before the death of my Husband. He took
me to Johannesburg to deposit the sum of US$15 Million (FIFYTEEN MILLION
UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in a private Security Company, when He foresees the
looming danger in Zimbabwe.

This money was deposited as family valuables to avoid much demurrage cost
from the Security Company. This amount was meant for the purchase of new
machines and chemicals for the farms and also for the establishment of a new
farm in Swaziland. The land disputes started when Zimbabwean President MR.
ROBERT MUGABE introduced a new Land Act reform, which wholly affected the
rich white farmers and some few black farmers. This resulted to many
killings by Zimbabwe war veterans and some lunatics in the society.

In fact, a lot of people were killed because of this land reformed Act for
which my husband was one of the victims. It is on this background that My
family and I,who are currently staying in South Africa as refugees decided
to transfer my Husband’s money to a foreign country since the laws of South
Africa prohibits refugees from opening any bank account or to be involved in
any financial transaction throughout the territorial zones of South Africa.

Please, I need your assistance to transfer this fund to your trusted
overseas bank account. For your efforts and assistance, I have agreed to
give you 30% of the total sum, while 5% is mapped out to re-imbrues all the
expenses incurred in the course of this transaction and 65% will be for my
family investment in your country.

Note that this transaction is 100% clear and Risk-Free, as I have made every
necessary arrangement for a successful deal. The only thing I solicit for is
your total assistance to transfer this money, complete trust and assurance
that my own part of money will be safe when transferred to your account.
Kindly keep this business proposal highly confidential for security reasons.
If you are interested in assisting me,send reply via the above email address
or fax no and include your private phone and fax no. I will respond to you
immediately.

Looking forward to your urgent reply thanks and God Bless.

Sincerely yours,

Rita Moyo (For The Family)

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